I️ have this issue where no matter how much makeup I️ put on, everyone always says it doesn’t look like I’m wearing any. I️ have applied multiple layers or gone as heavy handed as I️ can but my face always ends up looking flat. Here is my makeup routine:
- Rare Beauty primer
- NYX concealer under eyes, around mouth, above nose, and on my pimples. I️ blend this in with a tiny concealer brush
- Rare beauty cream bronzer in light brown on my jawline, cheek areas that are hallow, and forehead. I️ blend this in with a whispy contour brush
- Fenty beauty foundation on the areas of my face that I️ haven’t covered yet. I️ use a foundation brush and sponge to blend this in
- Go over contour area again with more contour and repeat step 3
- Rare beauty liquid blush under my eyes, blended with a blush brush
- Elf clear gel for eyebrows
- Some sparkly eyeshade applied to lid with a brush or my fingers
- Cream eyeliner stick if I’m feeling fancy
- Mascara and eyelash curler applied twice
I️ put elf setting spray on after every step!!
My friend suggested that everything I️ put on is too close in shade (my concealer, bronzer, and foundation) so it doesn’t look like I️ have any layers on. I️ put on light layers and keep going until I️ get coverage. I️ don’t put on setting powder because every time I️ have tried, I️ haven’t seen it do anything lol.
My skin is combination/dry.
Please help, I’m desperate
For complexion steps, having it look like skin is actually the goal. Ideally, it shouldn’t be immediately obvious that you have layers and layers of makeup on. It’s absolutely not a problem that people cannot tell you have concealer or foundation on, unless it’s actually sliding off the areas you want concealed. So unless your spots are visible through the makeup, you are probably applying it really well.
If you still feel that your face looks flat (as in 1 dimensional and undefined), then you might need a darker bronzer/contour. Or it might just be too matte. Matte finishes can make you look flat because light doesn’t bounce off the high points of your face the way it would with bare skin or something with a dewy finish.
Setting spray is usually used as a last step, not after every step but I don’t think there’s a hard and fast rule that you can’t either. I just think it might be overkill.
If you really want to look like you’re wearing makeup, just go dramatic with the eyes. You will look instantly made-up with a dark smokey eye. I wouldn’t change anything with the skin.